Scizophrenia

Question 1

What are the Psychotic Symptoms

Answer 1

Delusions
Prominent Hallucinations
Disorgaized speech
Disorganized or catatonic behavior

Question 2

This disorder is characterised by hallucations, delusions, behavioharl disturbancesm disrupted social functioning, and associated symptoms

Answer 2

Schizophrenia

Question 3

Prevalence of schizophrenia in the US

Answer 3

1%

Question 4

Schizophrenia needs to be this ling with continous signs of illness

Answer 4

6 months

Question 5

Active symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 5

Delusions

Hallucinations (MC)

Question 6

Negative Symptoms for schizophrenia

Answer 6

Severe defecits
flat affect
decreased emotion reacvitibty
alogia
avolition

Question 7

Alogia is

Answer 7

poverty of speech

Question 8

Avoliltion is

Answer 8

lack of purposeful action

Question 9

Is Life expectancty shorter for a person with

Answer 9

yes
40% sucide
10-20 succeed

Question 10

What causes can be linked to schizophrenia

Answer 10

Genetic factors
Endocrine factors
Nuerochemical changes
Neurophysiological changes
brain structual changes
Viral and immune factors

Question 11

Percent of schizophrenia with a full sibiling with it

Answer 11

10%

Question 12

Percent chanve of schizo with a parent with it

Answer 12

13%

Question 13

Percent chance of schizo with MZ cotwin with schizo

Answer 13

42%

Question 14

Percent chance of schizo with both parents with it

Answer 14

46%

Question 15

Males usually develop schizo during

Answer 15

puberty

Question 16

These endocrine changes have been found in ppl with schizo

Answer 16

Prolactin
melatonin
thyroid functions

Question 17

An excess of this can lead to development of schizo symptoms

Answer 17

Dopamine activity in the CNS

Question 18

Areas of the brain that can be altered in Schizo ppl

Answer 18

Frontal
temporal
limbic
basal ganglia

Question 19

Can brain symmetery be altered in ppl with schizo

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

These immunglobulins have been altered in schizo ppl

Answer 20

IgG
IgA
IgM

Question 21

Is psychosocial factors a cause of schizo

Answer 21

no

but do play apart in the course of the illness

Question 22

This disorders is characteriezed by at least 1 month of non bizarre delusions without other active-phase symptoms of schizo

Answer 22

Delusional Disoreders

Question 23

This is a psychotic disorder that last more than 1 day and remits by 1 month

Answer 23

Breif Psychotic Disorder

Question 24

This disorder is like criteraischizo but can be characterized by 2

Answer 24

Schizophreniform disorder

Question 25

Schizophrenifrom disorder is characterized by these 2 criteria

Answer 25

Duration-at least 1 month, but less than 6 months

Does not neccasary impair social/occupational functiong

Question 26

This disorder is when there is a disturbance that develops in an indivisual who is influeneced by someone else who has an estbalished delusion woth similar content

Answer 26

Shared Psychotic disorder

Question 27

This disorder combines scizophrenia with a major affective disorder

Answer 27

Schizoaffective disorder

Question 28

Treatment for Schizophrenia

Answer 28

Drug therapy
Inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy
Familt therapy
Social skills training
Vocational rehab

Question 29

Side effects of drug therapy

Answer 29

Tardive dyskinesia
Seizures
Reduced RBC count